There are now about 30,000 homes and business without power.
The number had been going up and down early Friday, but has been steadily climbing through the afternoon.
Estimated restoration times vary from early this evening to late tonight.
Another weekend, another winter storm.
For the fourth time in five weeks, Nova Scotia Power activated their Emergency Operations Centre as freezing rain falls on most of the province.
Storm lead Sean Borden encourages everyone to stay safe.
“Travel conditions are going to be challenging, so if you don’t need to go out, don’t go out. If you do have an outage, you can get the latest information on our outage map, and also report any outages you’re experiencing. You can also find out the most up to date estimated restoration time,” says Borden.
Borden says they have 500 crewmembers ready to respond.
He says ice buildup is the big concern with this storm, and road conditions could make it challenging to respond to outages.
We're activating our Emergency Operations Centre at 7am tomorrow (Friday), in advance of the fifth major winter storm expected to hit the province in the last four weeks. We’re positioning crews across NS. #NSStorm
Find more info in our release here: https://t.co/TYrVVbM3wk pic.twitter.com/s8y61f2oAu
— Nova Scotia Power (@nspowerinc) February 3, 2022
